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 The Tuck Cast and The Curve Cast: Common But Effective Techniques
Posted by wrh on Thursday, February 09 @ 18:41:58 PST
I find the casting techniques that I use the most often for nymphing and dry fly fishing are closely related. For nymphing it is the tuck cast and for dry fly fishing it is the curve or reach cast.
The tuck cast is done by overpowering the forward cast so that the fly is moved under the casting plane at the end of the cast. The fly then enters the water before the leader and line. This is important since is allows the nymph to get to the bottom before drag on the leader can set in and limit the time that the fly is in the “zone” near the bottom. Over the coarse of a day’s fishing adding a couple of feet of good drift per cast adds up when you total the number of drifts made during the day. I imagine that I’m drawing lines on the river bottom with each cast.
The curve cast is similar in that it too overpowers the forward cast, but on this one, the rod and casting plane are canted to the side ~45 degrees, but it can vary from near vertical to parallel to the waters surface. In this manner the fly gets turned to the right for a right-handed caster and to the left for a left handed caster. One can learn to cast a negative curve cast, by under-powering the forward cast. In my experience the accuracy of this cast is difficult to deliver on a consistent basis. This cast coupled with good mending allows one to maximize the length of ones drift and there is often a direct correlation to the quality and length of ones drift to the number of hook ups.
Anyone have any other insights or thoughts to add?
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Re: The Tuck Cast and The Curve Cast: Common But Effective Techniques
by jason-c on Tuesday, February 14 @ 07:34:50 PST http://www.fliesandfinswest.com | | Curve cast a very important out here. Often times you need to work a dry around a partially submerged boulders or log jams. These kind of casts can get the fly into some hard to reach places. That usually results in bigger fish. |
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